Monday, December 26, 2011

The number one problem during disasters is the lack of potable water when the power is no longer available to run the city pumps. The downside to filling a tub is that the water is open to air and contamination. Great for flushing toilets, but keep in mind a person needs at least a gallon per day per person.

Perhaps I'm being a bit paranoid, but having an extra 100 gallons of potable water before the city water goes away is priceless. My only bitch is that this is a single use system.

Friday, March 11, 2011

I wanted a way to keep my web pages fresh, but also delegate content creation to several people, AND not go through the maintenance hassles of a full CMS. The answer I found is a set of tools from rssinclude.com.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

So not long ago I decided I wanted just a little more from my color nook, for you see under the hood is actually an android tablet. However, Barnes & Noble has locked away the coolest parts in favor of a nice stable eReader.

Like cell phones, Barnes & Noble is selling these eReaders as a loss leader (well nearly at cost I think) in hopes of getting you to buy a bunch of ebooks over a period of many years. A locked in audience of people who can only buy very profitable eBooks from them.

Monday, January 24, 2011

http://www.hit-storage.com/ is a German company that produces an optical storage system that breaks the boundaries of archiving. What makes them so different is how they're able with the same hardware to be both network attached storage and also a multi tiered archiving system.